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GSC Pacific
The staff of GSC Pacific Division have a broad range of skills in several disciplines
and they make strong contributions to government
priorities
such as building strong and safe communities, maintaining a clean
environment and the sustainable development of natural resources.
While staff contribute to several programs including
Groundwater,
Reducing Canada's Vulnerability to Climate Change,
and Gas Hydrates: Fuel of the future?,
they are principally involved in four others;
- Natural Hazards and Emergency Response
Under the Natural Hazards and Emergency Response Program
earthquake monitoring and research done by the division establishes the earthquake hazard
zonation for Canada. By monitoring changes in the Earth's magnetic field the geomagnetic group
is able to predict magnetic storms which have the potential to damage pipelines and power
systems.
- Northern Resources Development
- Consolidating Canada's Geoscience Knowledge
Geologists and GIS experts in the Vancouver Office are contributing to mapping and
compilation projects as part of the Northern Resources Development and Consolidating Canada's
Geoscience Knowledge (CCGK) programs. Also through involvement in the CCGK program
staff are helping to build the Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Network and have taken
leadership in the development of digital libraries and their use as decision-making tools.
- Geoscience for Oceans Management
The marine group in Sidney provide the west coast component of the Geoscience for Oceans
Management program. On the international front staff in the Vancouver office are leading a
second, CIDA funded, multinational geoscience project in South America.
All of this work is delivered from six locations in two provinces and two territories providing a federal presence
outside of Ottawa and a national perspective to the work of the department.
GSC Pacific maintains:
- a team of specialists in geology, geophysics and related technologies and information systems. national observatory networks to monitor earthquakes and changes in the Earth's magnetic field.
- the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty National Data Centre.
- a logistical staging post for Canadian marine geoscience research in the Pacific.
- in Vancouver the most extensive geoscience library on the West Coast and a large Map and Publication Sales Office with a wide selection of geoscience information, topographic maps and nautical charts.
- a system for rapid earthquake reporting and for forecasting geomagnetic storms.
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